Show t I1a Y lj FLOODS 7 11I I Holland Suffcrs Severely front the i + Storm 1 Amsterdam Dec 23 Beavy ltos have been caused by the storm in Holland l Hol-land The rivers Maas and Rotte rose twelve feet inundating parts of Rot terdam Boats were J used in the streets and in the market places which were like lakes Many of the dykes threatened to give way under the heavy pounding of the seaIn several places the water succeeded in breaking through and the country In the vicinity of the breaks is flooded Nine houses collapsed their foundations founda-tions being undermined At Utrecht several persons were drowned by the collapsing of a boat Telegraph and telephone wires were everywhere broken The bark Carolina from Savannah for Hamburg went ashore near Eg mondze and became a total wreck Her cargo is being washed upon the beach Part of her crew was drowned Vessels Innnduted Brussels Dec 23The town of Den dermonda at the confluence of the Dender and Scheldt rivers was inundated inun-dated by the overflowing of the Dender The Inhabitants were aroused by the tocsln and escaped but the property losses great The villages of Audegeme Dender ville Mespelace Appels and Baesrode were also inundated The Elbe Overflows Hamburg Dec 23The river Elbe has overflowed its banks and inundated inundat-ed the lower parts of the town The water is so deep that tram cars are unable un-able to run Bad in Belgium Brussels Dec 23The storm has caused much damage throughout Belgium Bel-gium Many of the Belgian fishing bOats are missing |